Western Refining profit doubles from yr-ago adjusted figure

SteveGelsi

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Western Refining Inc.
WNR, +3.33%
on Monday said third-quarter net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose to $87.1 million, or $1.30 a share, from adjusted earnings of $43.7 million for the same period in 2005. An earnings per share figure for the year-ago period was not provided. The latest quarter included a tax benefit of $12.9 million, or 19 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call forecast earnings of 74 cents a share, on average.

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